26-27 July, 2023 Ebene, Mauritius & Online

This hybrid regional workshop is organised with and hosted by the Regional Centre of Excellence of the Financial Services Commission of Mauritius. 

Featuring country practices from the OECD area and African region, the two-day workshop will be focusing on:

• sovereign debt management
• sustainable bonds
• debt transparency.

The first day of the workshop will explore sovereign debt management practices including challenges, risk mitigation techniques and sovereign sustainable bond issuance.

The second day of the workshop will focus and debt transparency and how can a more transparent debt market improve debt management and reduce the cost of debt.

VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION

To follow the event online, you can register at this link. 

Event login code: 2627

AGENDA

DAY 1 - Wednesday, 26^th July – 10:30AM to 3:45PM 

Registration and Coffee break for physical participants - (10:30 – 10:50)

Login for virtual participants (10:50)

Opening remarks (11:00-12:00)

• Mr Mardayah Kona Yerukunondu, First Deputy Governor, Bank of Mauritius & Chairperson, Financial Services Commission, Mauritius
• Mr Carmine Di Noia, Director for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD
• Mr Harvesh Seegolam, Governor, Bank of Mauritius & Chairperson of RCE Governing Board
• Hon. Mahen Kumar Seeruttun, Minister of Financial Services and Good Governance
• Dr the Hon. Renganaden Padayachy, Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development
• Souvenir photo

Sovereign debt management: Current challenges and mitigation techniques (1:00-2:15)

This session will present the main policy challenges posed by the global economic and geopolitical environment for sovereign issuers and the potential policy responses in light of country practices.

• Ms Fatos Koc, Head of the Financial Markets Unit, OECD
• Ms Unathi Ngwenya, Chief Director of the Strategy and Risk Management Unit, Department of National Treasury, Republic of South Africa
• Mr Johan Krynauw, Faculty Member, the African Development Institute of the AfDB, and Director of the Sustainable Public Debt Management Support Institution, South Africa
• Ms Rindra Hasimbelo Rabarinirinarison, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Madagascar
• Questions & Answers

Moderator: Ms Fatos Koc, Head of the Financial Markets Unit, OECD

Sovereign sustainable bonds (2:30-3:45)

• Mr Marc Van Beuningen, Group CEO, CIM Financial Services
• Ms. Raksha Mishra, General Manager, Internal Debt Mangement Department, Reserve Bank of India
• Mr Dick Labonte, Director General of the Debt Management Office in the Finance Department, Republic of Seychelles
• Questions & Answers

Moderator: Ms Fatos Koc, Head of the Financial Markets Unit, OECD

DAY 2 - Thursday, 27th July – 1:00PM to 4:00PM

Opening remarks (1:00-1:10)

• Ms Fatos Koc, Head of the Financial Markets Unit, OECD

Debt transparency: benefits and challenges (1:10 – 2:10)

This session will discuss the benefits of debt transparency and what are existing challenges to its implementation, such as struggles with establishing reliable and comprehensive debt databases and high-quality reporting.

• Mr Riccardo Boffo, Policy Analyst in the Financial Markets Unit, OECD
• Mr Diego Rivetti, Senior Debt Specialist at Macroeconomics Trade and Investment (MTI) Global Practice of the World Bank
• Questions & Answers

Moderator: Ms Fatos Koc, Head of the Financial Markets Unit, OECD

Roundtable on progress needed to move forward: countries’ perspectives (2:10-3:40)

The roundtable will focus on countries’ experiences with regards to the improvement of debt transparency and debt sustainability. Participants will be invited to participate in the roundtable to share information about their experiences and discuss what future efforts can be made to improve debt transparency.

• Mr Sridhar Nagarajan, Regional Managing Director, IQ-EQ, Mauritius
• Ms Oulimata N’Diaye, Head of Advisory Services, UMOA-Titres, Senegal
• Mr Johan Krynauw, Faculty Member, the African Development Institute of the AfDB, and Director of the Sustainable Public Debt Management Support Institution, South Africa
• Questions and answers

Moderator: Mr Riccardo Boffo, Policy Analyst in the Financial Markets Unit, OECD

Closing remarks (3:00-4:00)

• Mr Mardayah Kona Yerukunondu, First Deputy Governor, Bank of Mauritius & Chairperson, Financial Services Commission, Mauritius
• Ms Fatos Koc, Head of the Financial Markets Unit, OECD

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CONTACT

For further information on the workshop, please contact Fatos Koc, Head of the Financial Markets Unit.

See also

OECD Sovereign Borrowing Outlook 2023

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